Fredrick Arbuckle

Fredrick “Fred” Arbuckle Jr. , age 77, of the Town of LaFollette, Burnett Co., WI, passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 from injuries sustained in a recent accident. Fred was born in Hayward, WI, on January 14, 1940, son of the late Jane (Taylor) and Fred Arbuckle.  He attended the Hertel school, and was a 1958 graduate of Siren High School.  He furthered his education and training at Wausau Technical College. On August 19, 1972, Fred married Billie “Bill” C. Rambo in Pine City, MN.  He served in the U.S. Army from June 22, 1962 and was honorably discharged June 21, 1965.  He was primarily assigned to the 2 nd Howitzer Battalion, 31 st Artillery, Fourth US Army, at Fort Sill, OK; where he helped build the Redstone Rocket. Fred was employed for many years as a Surveyor for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.  After retirement, he has been working part time for St. Croix Tribal Security.  He previously had worked as a bus boy at Chicago area restaurants, a pin setter at local bowling alleys, and also worked at Penta Wood Products in Siren. Fred was a member and elder of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and had been a member of the tribal Housing Board and was also a Grant Writer. His interests included fishing and hunting, golfing, bowling, playing baseball, and hiking with snow shoes.  Fred was an avid rock hound, and had quite a collection of stones and rocks, some with fossils. Preceding him in death are his parents, Fred and Jane Arbuckle; brothers, William Arbuckle in infancy, and Edward “Porky” Arbuckle; and a sister, Lydia “DeeDee” Reynolds. Fred is survived by his wife, Bill Arbuckle; children: Zachary Arbuckle “Adahaa,” Carrie (Donald) Nyren, and Robert (Dawn) Rambo “Waboose;” grandchildren: Dominique Nyren and David Nyren; sister, Sandra Churchill; brother-in-law, Lawrence Reynolds; aunt, Helen Taylor; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation of relatives and friends will be held at the Saint Croix Tribal Center in Hertel, WI on Thursday, August 10, 2017, after 4:00 pm.  The funeral service will be conducted beginning at 10:00 am, Friday, August 11 th , at St. Croix Tribal Center with Francis Songetay officiating.  Interment with full military honors will follow in Sand Lake Cemetery, Hertel. Casket bearers are: David Nyren, Donnie Taylor, Frank Taylor, Leroy Nelson, William Reynolds, Dayzhan Churchill, and Michael Belisle, Jr.  Honorary bearers are: Donald Nyren, Bob Nelson, Leonard Butler, Dustin Reynolds, and Reuben Buck. Arrangements have been entrusted with Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, WI.  Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com .